By Paul Steinhauser
福克斯新闻
发布于 2026 年 2 月 18 日 13:26（美国东部时间）
在签署了共和党支持的禁止新罕布什尔州庇护城市并允许执法部门与联邦移民当局合作的法案后，共和党州长凯利·阿约特表示，她希望“确保我们的州保持安全”
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距离 11 月的选举不到九个月，民主党终于有了一位主要候选人来挑战寻求连任的共和党州长凯利·阿约特，新罕布什尔州作为摇摆州，她正寻求第二个任期。
新罕布什尔州前当选行政委员会成员辛迪·沃明顿于周三正式发起她连续第二次州长竞选活动。
共和党人已在这个新英格兰北部关键战场州控制州长办公室近十年——先是在前州长克里斯·苏努努任期内，现在由 13 个月前接替苏努努的阿约特担任——民主党旨在最终夺回新罕布什尔州议会大厦中被称为“角落办公室”的州长职位。
在她的竞选声明和启动视频中，沃明顿针对阿约特在物价可负担性问题上发起攻击，这在唐纳德·特朗普总统重返白宫一年来持续的通货膨胀背景下，已成为民主党获胜的关键议题。
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新罕布什尔州前行政委员会成员辛迪·沃明顿在竞选视频中，发起对该新英格兰北部关键摇摆州州长职位的连续第二次竞选。（辛迪·沃明顿州长竞选团队提供）
“食品杂货、住房、电力和财产税的价格正在压垮工薪家庭。而凯利·阿约特却让新罕布什尔州的生活变得更加昂贵，”沃明顿指责道。
此外，沃明顿还批评阿约特未能更有力地抵制特朗普史无前例的第二任期议程，其中包括政府试图在该州开设美国移民和海关执法局（ICE）拘留中心。
新罕布什尔州成为新英格兰首个禁止庇护城市的州
“当特朗普提高医疗成本和关税时，我会坚决反对。我会拒绝ICE的‘仓库’，我会为我们的小企业工作，并确保我们不会开征销售税或所得税，”她强调。
阿约特曾是美国参议员，此前担任州总检察长，过去一年与特朗普政府存在一些摩擦，并批评华盛顿方面在ICE设施相关问题上缺乏透明度。州长还迫使一名未告知她就与特朗普团队沟通的州官员辞职。
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共和党州长凯利·阿约特在新罕布什尔州康科德州议会大厦签署两项禁止庇护城市的法案，强调该州是全美最安全的州。（保罗·施泰因豪泽/福克斯新闻）
阿约特的支持率处于正数区间——上个月新罕布什尔大学进行的最新民调显示为 50% 对 45%——她的筹款能力也相当强劲。
尽管民主党控制该州国会联邦代表团已有十年，但自 2014 年以来尚未赢得州长选举。然而，民主党人斗志昂扬，因为新罕布什尔州及全国范围内的共和党人面临严峻的政治气候，而共和党作为在华盛顿和新罕布什尔州首府康科德（花岗岩州）均掌权的政党，将面临现任官员通常面临的传统政治逆风。
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前美国参议员、共和党州长凯利·阿约特于 2024 年 1 月在康科德州议会大厦接受福克斯新闻数字版采访。（福克斯新闻 – 保罗·施泰因豪泽）
阿约特的竞选团队迅速抨击沃明顿过去曾为医疗和制药行业游说。
“辛迪·沃明顿的职业生涯是作为阿片类药物行业的说客，推广奥施康定（OxyContin）并为新英格兰最臭名昭著的‘药丸工厂’辩护。辛迪选择从伤害花岗岩州民众的大型制药公司那里赚钱，她绝对没有资格担任我们的州长，”阿约特发言人约翰·科贝特在声明中指责道。
沃明顿两年前首次竞选州长，在民主党初选中输给了前曼彻斯特市长乔伊斯·克雷格，后者在大选中以近 10 个百分点的差距输给了阿约特。
共和党州长协会传播主任考特尼·亚历山大表示：“一个已经失败的候选人是新罕布什尔州民主党人所能拿出的全部人选，这恰恰说明他们的绝望。”
沃明顿可能并非民主党初选中唯一的候选人。
朴茨茅斯民主党市长迪阿格伦·麦克伊琴（Deaglan McEachern）正考虑竞选州长，他在声明中表示：“由于康科德和华盛顿特区发生的一切，这场竞选的赌注太高，不能冒输的风险，我认为新罕布什尔州民主党人是时候展望未来，共同努力击败凯利·阿约特了。”
“我期待很快会有更多表态，”他补充道。
保罗·施泰因豪泽是新罕布什尔州（摇摆州）的政治记者，报道从东到西的竞选活动。
Democrat Cinde Warmington launches bid to oust GOP Gov Kelly Ayotte
By Paul Steinhauser
Fox News
Published February 18, 2026 1:26pm EST
After signing into law Republican-backed bills banning sanctuary cities in New Hampshire and allowing for law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities, GOP Gov. Kelly Ayotte says she wants to ‘make sure we keep our state safe’
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With November’s elections less than nine months away, Democrats finally have a major candidate to take on Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte as she seeks a second term steering swing-state New Hampshire.
Cinde Warmington, a former member of New Hampshire’s elected Executive Council, on Wednesday officially launched her second straight campaign for governor.
Republicans have controlled the governor’s office in the crucial northern New England battleground for nearly a decade — first under former Gov. Chris Sununu and now under Ayotte, who succeeded Sununu 13 months ago — and Democrats are aiming to finally win back what’s known in New Hampshire as “the corner office” in the Statehouse.
In her campaign release and launch video, Warmington took aim at Ayotte over affordability, which has been a winning issue for Democrats amid persistent inflation in the year since President Donald Trump returned to the White House.
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Former Executive Councilor Cinde Warmington of New Hampshire, seen in a campaign video, launches her second straight bid for governor of the key northern New England swing state.(Cinde Warmington for Governor)
“The prices of groceries, housing, electricity, and property taxes are crushing working families. And Kelly Ayotte is making life in New Hampshire even more expensive,” Warmington charged.
And Warmington knocked Ayotte for not more forcefully pushing back against Trump’s unprecedented second-term agenda, which includes an ongoing attempt by the administration to open an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in the state.
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“I’ll stand up to Trump when he jacks up healthcare costs and tariffs. I’ll say no to ICE’s warehouse, and I’ll work for our small businesses and make sure we don’t have a sales or income tax,” she emphasized.
Ayotte, a former U.S. senator who previously served as state attorney general, has had some friction with the Trump administration over the past year, and criticized Washington over a lack of transparency surrounding the ICE facility. The governor also forced the resignation of a state official who had been in communication with Trump’s team without telling Ayotte.
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Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte highlights her state’s status as the safest in the nation as she signs into law two bills that ban sanctuary cities, at the Statehouse in Concord, N.H., on May 22, 2025.(Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
Ayotte’s approval ratings are in positive territory — 50%-45% in the most recent University of New Hampshire poll conducted last month — and her fundraising has been formidable.
While Democrats have controlled the state’s federal delegation in Congress for a decade, they haven’t won a gubernatorial election since 2014. But Democrats are energized, as Republicans in New Hampshire and across the country face a rough political climate, and the GOP, as the party in power both in Washington and in Concord, the Granite State’s capital city, will deal with the traditional political headwinds that incumbents typically face.
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Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte, a former U.S. senator, is interviewed by Fox News Digital in January 2024 at the Statehouse in Concord.(Fox News – Paul Steinhauser)
Ayotte’s campaign quickly blasted Warmington over her past lobbying for the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries.
“Cinde Warmington spent her career as a lobbyist for the opioid industry, promoting OxyContin and defending New England’s most notorious pill mill. Cinde chose to make money off big pharmaceutical companies who hurt Granite Staters, and she is absolutely disqualified from serving as our Governor,” Ayotte spokesman John Corbett charged in a statement.
Warmington first ran for governor two years ago, losing the Democratic primary to former Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig, who lost to Ayotte in the general election by nearly 10 points.
The Republican Governors Association communications director Courtney Alexander argued that “the fact that an already failed candidate is all New Hampshire Democrats could come up with speaks to their desperation.”
Warmington may not have the Democratic primary field to herself.
Democratic Mayor Deaglan McEachern of Portsmouth, who is mulling a gubernatorial run, said in a statement, “With everything happening in Concord and Washington, DC, the stakes are too high to risk losing this race, and I believe it’s time that New Hampshire Democrats look to the future as we work to beat Kelly Ayotte.”
“I look forward to saying more soon,” he added.
Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast.
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